Write an alliteration. Be

creative AND appropriate! Example of alliteration:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Journal #16

Vocabulary Review

consensus agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole

Cleopatra beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)

interlude an intervening period or episode sonar a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic

pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return

subtlety a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

deja vu the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred before

Vocabulary Review

incendiary capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily

ominous threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

redeem restore the honor or worth of denizen a person who inhabits a

particular place

“My Life as a Bat”

Florida CollectionsPage 71

Look over the first page of the

story….How is the story structure similar to a traditional one and how is it different?

Analyze the Text Structure

Similar = A character is introduced

Different = Paragraphs are written in sections under numbered headings (like an article).

Analyze the Text Structure

Lines 22-29“In one of them, I am clinging to the ceiling of a summer cottage while a red-faced man in white shorts and a white V-necked T-shirt jumps up and down, hitting at me with a tennis racket. There are cedar rafters up here, and sticky flypapers attached with tacks, dangling like toxic seaweeds. I look down at the man’s face, foreshortened and sweating, the eyes bulging and blue, the mouth emitting furious noise, rising up like a marine float, sinking again, rising as if on a swell of air.”

Figurative Language

Identify the simile

Lines 22-29“In one of them, I am clinging to the ceiling of a summer cottage while a red-faced man in white shorts and a white V-necked T-shirt jumps up and down, hitting at me with a tennis racket. There are cedar rafters up here, and sticky flypapers attached with tacks, dangling

like toxic seaweeds. I look down at the man’s face, foreshortened and sweating, the eyes bulging and blue,

the mouth emitting furious noise, rising up like a marine float, sinking again, rising as if on a swell of air.”

Figurative Language

What is being compared in each?

Look at Lines 38-46

Identify images that the writer uses.

What is the effect?

Look for Imagery

Images:

“water trickling” “glistening hush”

Effect Allows the reader to feel a sense of

safety and comfort of the home the bat anticipates.

Look for Imagery

11/5 Agenda

Journal #17Get 2 markers or 2 colored pencils. Choose different colors!“My Life as a Bat” Quick reviewBat Facts Word CloudWrap-up discussion

In “My Life as a Bat” we read the section: The Bat as a Deadly Weapon.

What are your thoughts on this war tactic? Do you agree that people might be more afraid

a bat than an atom bomb?

While writing, use the following vocab words and circle them: Incendiary (capable of catching fire) Ominous (threatening)

Journal #17

My Life as a BatWord Cloud

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGF7rr0aa6s

• Write the facts you hear!

Pick a partner! List the “My Life as a Bat” story details that

described the bat. List the bat facts from your Word Cloud In the middle show what they both have in

common.

Be prepared to share at least 1 thing you learned about bats that you did not know before!

Venn Diagram